Images of Palaces

valis · Post by **valis** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:54 pm

Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi

Feel the promise of a majestic experience fit for a king and deserving of an emperor. The Palace boasts 302 superior rooms and 92 magnificent suites each combining the ultimate in luxury with 22nd century technology

All Palace rooms offers plasma screens, interactive TV's and high speed Internet access.

Prices start from £727.00 per person
Price includes
Return flights on Ethiad Airlines / Gulf Air from London Heathrow
Five nights accomodation on a bed and breakfast basis in a Beach Wing Rooms
Transfers on arrival and departure
Services of our representatives in Abu Dhabi

Ok, I admit I'm not really selling a vacation package, I'm just giving a proper intro to the picture page that I happened upon:

http://www.emiratespalace.com/eng/pgen.htm

It starts getting really interesting about 1/4 of the way down the page....
Anyone else know of something similar?

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kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:33 pm

I wasn't sure what was "interesting" you were pointing to, but the pictures were rather interesting.. Notice how they're extremely wide angled but don't have the fisheye barrel distortion. The pictures were taken using fisheye, and then probably fixed in software so that they're distortion free.(Nikon has software for their fisheye) Otherwise I doubt there's a lense that'll produce such isometric results.

so, what did you mean by "something similar"?

Post by **hubird** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:43 pm

wide angled, indeed, my eyes hurt when I look to those pics

no need for Photoshop here, this is already fx'd

valis · Post by **valis** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:52 pm

I found the images interesting because I don't normally find both print and high res web resolution photos of architecture like that online. So for "something similar" I mean other such resources...I was actually wandering around the net looking at images of architecture when I bumped into that site. Stuff like this makes great reference imo...although I do realize that the 'palace' in this case is contemporary.

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:49 am

Good to see that the cash we leave at the gas station is well spent

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:32 am

The lamps look too far from the bed for comfortable reading. I'll give it a miss.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:44 am

in fact, amazing what they do with only 5% of the money we spend at the gas station...

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:15 am

Also from United Arab Emirates, The Palm Islands condos (supposedly "the 8th wonder or the Earth", visible from the Moon):

http://www.viviun.com/AD-6879/
http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM1RG3AR2E_index_1.html
http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.co ... slands.php

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Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:50 pm

When the oil is gone the magic will dissolve and a voice will boom "Return to what you were!"

( I hope we also have fuel cells and fusion power by then ...)

Post by **garyb** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:25 pm

the saudis just announced that they have double the reserves previously thought. the former soviet countries have been shown to have undiscovered resources recently. oil may be limited, but it's more than plentiful. shortages are orchestrated through policy and war. peak oil is a fake. automobiles are stupid(but nessessary in los angeles) even run on fuel cells.

i would like to see the dependence on oil stop. all addictions are dangerous, especially when the source is controlled by one or two entities.

we now return you to our regularly scheduled programming....